Haggai 1:1-8 / Luke 9:7-9
It is not too difficult to understand it when it is said that the state of our life is nothing more than a reflection of our state of mind.
Simply it means that what we think is reflected by how our life is.
In the 1st reading, the Lord, through the prophet Haggai has this to say to His people: Reflect carefully how things have gone for you.
And the reflection goes like this: You have sown much and harvested little; you eat but never have enough, drink but never have your fill, put on clothes but do not feel warm. The wage earner gets his wages only to put them in a purse riddled with holes.
But this state of life of the people is only a reflection of the state of their minds.
For they were saying that the time has not yet come to rebuild the Temple of the Lord, and they have left it in ruins.
But on the other hand, the people were more concerned about their own dwellings and about their own welfare, and neglecting the things of the Lord.
But their own concerns over the things concerning the Lord have brought them nothing but a constant lack and shortage of what they laboured for.
So through the prophet Haggai, the Lord had to remind His people - When God is glorified, the people will prosper. If not they will labour in vain and for nothing.
Let us remember this too, for when we put the Lord above and over the rest of our concerns, He will bless us and we will prosper and be at peace.